🙂 Ah, but perhaps it is not about a ‘not ever’ … but about ‘not this way’ (and not this trainer?) … I’m an eternal optimist, so I am thinking — she’s on her way, if only for reclaiming her voice and placing her boundaries … and the next step will be getting in the pool. On her terms. 🙂

Yes, there is a lot untold yet in there …And whether the trainer is directly part of the trauma or reminds her of the trauma, it certainly hangs between them.
Thank you for the comment and for taking time to read in what is probably a busy time away. Enjoy yerushalayim… Xoxo Na’ama

Thank you, Linda!
I’m wondering if something in the oily light on the water in the photo put some gloom into it, of these are just times when the ugly and tragic are a bit too close for too many, and the energies of the writings reflect it.
Thank you for this comment!
Na’ama

Thank you, Margaret!
Yes, sometimes this is all it takes, isn’t it? Especially when we are already feeling vulnerable, or stretched beyond comfort, which is so often the case with trauma and recovering from trauma.
It is also true for how we must take care with children, who are so often inherently vulnerable and stretching beyond what they know to try something new, or to possibly fail again in something they are still learning … and how subtle our touch must be with them, too. To ensure we don’t mar their self-esteem or squelch their courage even as we encourage them to do new things.
Thank you for this comment!
Na’ama

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